Research monographs

Urban Research Program Research Monographs present major investigations undertaken by the URP including research sponsored by external partners. Our monographs provide more extensive treatments of urban policy problems and challenges than the URP Issues Papers and Research Papers series.

• Urban environments and health: Identifying key relationships and policy imperatives (PDF 922k)
  Elspeth Mead, Dr Jago Dodson and Claire Ellway
  Research Monograph 10
  October 2006
• Sustainable Australia: Containing travel in master planned estates (PDF 1286k)
  Dr Tan Yigitcanlar, Dr Jago Dodson, Prof Brendan Gleeson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 9
  September 2005
• Transport disadvantage and social status: A Gold Coast pilot project (PDF 1708k)
  Nick Buchanan, Rick Evans and Dr Jago Dodson
  Research Monograph 8
  April 2005
• Transport pollution futures for Gold Coast City 2000, 2011, 2021, based on the Griffith University transport pollution modelling system (TRAEMS) (PDF 5116k)
  Prof Lex Brown, Dr Joseph Affum and Dr Andrew Chan
  Research Monograph 7
  December 2004
• Big roads, no transport: A report of the Goodna and Gailes community mapping for transport improvements study (PDF 4045k)
  Laurel Johnson and Sirisena Herath
  Research Monograph 6
  December 2004
• Transport disadvantage and social status: A review of literature and methods (PDF 1184k)
  Dr Jago Dodson, Prof Brendan Gleeson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 5
  December 2004
• The difference metropolitan strategies make: Lessons to be learned (PDF 1163k)
  Prof Brendan Gleeson, Toni Darbas, Dr Neil Sipe and Suzanne Lawson
  Research Monograph 4
  July 2004
• Making a difference with metropolitan strategy: Australian evidence (PDF 1161k)
  Prof Brendan Gleeson and Toni Darbas
  Research Monograph 3
  July 2004
• Making a difference with metropolitan strategy: Overseas evidence (PDF 1521k)
  Dr Neil Sipe and Prof Brendan Gleeson
  Research Monograph 2
  July 2004
• What is metropolitan planning? (PDF 1478k)
  Prof Brendan Gleeson, Toni Darbas, Laurel Johnson and Suzanne Lawson
  Research Monograph 1
  July 2004

Change and continuity in peri-urban Australia

These monographs are part of a collaborative research project conducted by the URP, Griffith School of Environment, and RMIT's School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning.

• Peri-urban futures and sustainable development (PDF 2486k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 4
  May 2008
• Peri-urban case study: South-East Queensland (PDF 9735k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy, Cassara Sutherland, Sally Scott, Kylie Rolley, Prof Brendan Gleeson, Dr Jago Dodson and Dr Neil Sipe
  Research Monograph 3
  November 2007
• Peri-urban case study: Bendigo corridor (PDF 8348k)
  Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Andrew Butt, Matthew Coote, Alex Lechner, Dave Mercer, Danny O'Neill, Curtis Riddington
  Research Monograph 2
  September 2007
• State of the peri-urban regions: A review of the literature (PDF 1932k)
  Michael Buxton, George Tieman, Sarah Bekessy, Trevor Budge, Dave Mercer, Matthew Coote and Jo-Anne Morcombe
  Research Monograph 1
  October 2006

Natural resource management futures

This project is part of a joint initiative between the URP, Terrain NRM, Burdekin Dry Tropics NRM, Burnett Mary Regional Group, South West NRM, Condamine Alliance,  SEQ Catchments, and LGAQ.

• NRM futures - Local government and regional body partnerships (PDF 4835k)
  A/Prof Darryl Low Choy and Ben Cebuliak
  Final Report
  July 2008